Remove characters from the beginning of a string

Asked Dec 08 '15 at 00:38

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How can I remove the first letters in my string when I don't know how many '0' characters I have at the beginning of my string. Additionally the '0' should not removed from the string when it is not in the beginning.

For instance, remove 0 from:

000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000The sun is going up at 06:30pm


00000000000000000000000000000Finally it is over

to get:

The sun is going up 06:30pm
Finally it is over

edited Dec 08 '15 at 00:50

asked Dec 08 '15 at 00:38

Sam S.

@RNar you should post that as a solution. – Nathaniel Ford Dec 08 '15 at 00:41
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@NathanielFord it was bound to be a dup, I just couldnt find the dup – R Nar Dec 08 '15 at 00:44
I noticed that str.lstrip('0') would remove all '0' but when I have a number at the end of my string it should be not removed. – Sam S. Dec 08 '15 at 00:45
@SamS. Sounds like you need to refine your problem statement, including fleshing out your test cases. Also note that `lstrip` only removes from the left of the string, not the end. It is different than the `strip` function. – Nathaniel Ford Dec 08 '15 at 00:47
`lstrip()` will indeed not remove anything from the end of the string, so it should be perfect for your needs. – TigerhawkT3 Dec 08 '15 at 00:48
okay thx :) seems it works – Sam S. Dec 08 '15 at 00:50

Remove characters from the beginning of a string

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